Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. 

~Charles W. Eliot

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare. 

~Kenko Yoshida

Medicine for the soul. 

 ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes